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LCA Releases Paper on Impact of Costco v. Omega

On December 13, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Costco v. Omega in a manner that eliminated none of the uncertainty caused by the lower court’s ruling in that case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had ruled that the copyright law’s “first sale doctrine” did not apply to copies manufactured abroad. This ruling cast doubt on a library’s ability to circulate books and other materials manufactured outside of the United States.

lca-costco-31jan11.pdf

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